Using AI to generate passwords is a dangerous security mistake ...

ThreatsDay Bulletin tracks active exploits, phishing waves, AI risks, major flaws, and cybercrime crackdowns shaping this ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...

According to Andrej Karpathy on Twitter, the Python random.seed() function produces identical random number generator (RNG) streams when seeded with positive and negative integers of the same ...

Eeny, meeny, miny, mo, catch a tiger by the toe – so the rhyme goes. But even children know that counting-out rhymes like this are no help at making a truly random choice. Perhaps you remember when ...

Think you’re being clever, substituting that “a” with an “@” symbol? Or tacking your birth year onto your dog’s name? Here’s a truth nobody wants to hear: you’re awful at creating secure passwords.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. If you read my article here, you will already know that ...

If your data is compromised, weak passwords can have serious consequences like identity theft. Last year's number of reported data breaches set a new record-- not to mention the T-Mobile hack in 2021 ...